If you ever wanted to know how one of the most nice looking Russian cities looked before and is looking now compared, then this post comes to fulfill your dream – photos of the city juxtaposed one against another let you know how it looked like and what has changed. Tell me which version do you prefer this or that? Now or then?

Much has changed in St. Petersburg yet much remains the same. Most of the classic buildings still exist and many have been restored or re-purposed. Traffic is much worse now- Peter, and later Soviet planners could never have anticipated the massive amount of private automobiles that are now in the city.